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habit had caused the tabulated surfaces of the teeth 

 to be convex. The round form of the tables results 

 from the horse biting when being groomed, and 

 generally is seen in those which are of an excitable 

 nature. These animals are usually good servants, 

 but this shape of teeth unfits them for being turned 

 out to grass, as the cutting edges of the nippers are 

 destroyed. 



59. The diseases to which the teeth of the horse 

 are subjected, are, fortunately, not very common ; 

 though this assertion must not induce any person 

 to imagine that his animals may not be afflicted in 

 this respect. Every owner should be particularly 

 watchful on such a point; for so important are the 

 teeth to the welfare of the animal, and so difficult 

 of cure are neglected cases of this description, that 

 numbers of valuable horses have been and will be 

 slaughtered, simply on their account. No animal 

 is exempt from this species of affliction. One man 

 may during his life possess many horses, and die 

 without knowing how fatal are the diseases of the 

 teeth. Another person, whose stable shall contain 

 but a single nag, may, in a few months, be taught 



